ABSTRACT
In the theatres in some cities such as Harbin, Modanjiang and Jiamusi just deprive off the management right of the theatre owners instead of reforming them and then asking them to participate in theatrical reform. As mentioned, the initial work for the cadres of theatrical reform was to organize the study and training classes for the dramatists, a move that made the theatrical workers come up with their dissent on the claim of their liberation. Theatrical reform was the core work in theatrical circles, involving every aspect of Chinese theatre, whether reform of theatrical workers, repertoires or of system. Traditional theatrical workers in China were excluded from mainstream society before the inception of the People’s Republic of China. Even if they underwent a40-year modernization after the downfall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, the public still regarded theatrical industry as a low profession.
